Happy New Year and Fallout 3 ...

Well, a rather belated 'Happy New Year' to all of you from all of me ... but better late than never I guess!

Over the holiday period I rediscovered 'Fallout 3', which (now I've persevered past the introductory sequence) is a really fun game - very much a post-apocalyptic Skyrim. Using the 'Ghoul-to-Zombie' mod is giving me current zed-gaming fix, but not quite faced a horde as yet ....

Whilst playing the game, I have been thinking about putting an actual tabletop game together as well, mainly in the pondering which rules to use. I've been glancing through 'No More Room In Hell' again, and think I will almost certainly use the core of these rules as a base, if only to give them a try-out.

Anyway, I have the follow-up to Fallout 3 - 'Fallout: New Vegas' - arriving soon, so don't expect many posts from me in the near future!

Until the next time, take care ....

World Works Games sale

I had not intended to post in the Xmas - New Year gap, but when I got an email from World Works Games saying they had a 30% sale on I thought I'd share it with anyone interested in card modelling that didn't get it ...

(edited - should have said that the sale ends on 7th of Jan)

Anyway, I hope you all had a good Christmas and will enjoy whatever way you choose to celebrate the New Year.

Finally, my brother has finally persuaded me to try World of Tanks and I have to say, it's really quite fun! Zooming down a road, evading shots from Churchills and StuGIIIs in my BT7 brings a smile to my face even after being blown up time after time! If anyone who reads this blog is on there, my user name is cmnash - feel free to message me and we'll see if we can get blown up together! ;)

about time (2!) ...

Still around, but not doing much :(  slowly clawing my way out of the pit that is depression, like a zombie searching for living flesh ...

Hmmm ... perhaps that was a bit of a morbid metaphor!  Anyway, hopefully the Christmas break will revitalise me enough to get into the hobby again.

And the new year should see my diecast car giveaway - I intend to post pictures of the diecast cars that I've accumulated for 28mm gaming and then give them to whomever wants them on a first come basis, in return for postage cost plus a 50p per vehicle charitable donation.

If I don't post again before Christmas, have a good time everyone!

about time ...

I posted here! Not much has changed for me, still not getting much done, especially on the hobby front :(

I have recently tried reducing my happy pill allowance - in conjunction with my doctor, I hasten to add! - and it seems not to have worked very well :(  the pit has pulled me back in ...

Enough of my self-pity though!  I recently ordered a set of Colgar6's ATZ event cards - see this post on his blog for details: ATZ Event Cards: Finally! - and they arrived over the weekend, which was a pleasant surprise when I really needed one.

The cards are - IMNSHO - absolutely splendid and should be acquired by anyone who plays ATZ.  I really, really hope that Colgar6 is getting a kickback from ArtsCow for each set purchased as it is thoroughly deserved by him; a lot of work and thought has obviously gone into the cards and he should be rewarded for it.

Anyway, that's it for now; stay well everyone and Irqan, thanks for the Liebster award and I'll post on that soon (ish! ;) )

still around ...

Well, have been very busy of late, none of it hobby related unfortunately - what with trying to get the new home sorted and being very busy at work, I've had no time to indulge my hobbies at all :(

So I thought I should write a quick post to let you all know that I am still here, but lurking rather than posting.

That said, I did finally start reading Empire of the Dead today and although only having read the first 30 pages (out of 140+ in the book), so far I'm liking it a lot! 

Warfare

I  made it along to Warfare on Sunday (just gone) lunchtime with my new friend and had a stroll round the various stands.

I bought far less toys than I would normally have, but as I said in my last post, I am attempting to de-clutter somewhat; so what did I get?

Well, I succumbed to the 10% off offer and bought a copy of 'Empire of the Dead' and the Hansom Cab from Figures in Comfort, who are West Wind's show agents.

Then, as I was leaving, I saw a copy of 'Leviathans' by Catalyst Games, reduced from £70 to £50 and folded on that as well!  I like games involving flying ships as anyone who visits here regularly will know. Although the game includes miniatures, I'll probably use my aeronef models for it.

All in all, I had a great time at the show, but have yet to resume any hobby related stuff in my new place ...

Still here, but offline at home ...

Well, I survived the move and am settling in nicely to my new home. However, my new cave is not ready for activity yet :(  The desk I now have - instead of the dining table - is covered in homeless items so is unusable and my PC is not set up yet.

I still have a bunch of stuff to get from the storage unit and then find homes for it all ...

However, I have been leant a book by a very nice new neighbour called (IIRC) "Feng Shui and the Art of Clutter Removal". Managing to read past the beginning "aren't I wonderful" and 'energy-lines' parts, I've managed to take on board its main theme, and will be cleaning out a bunch of stuff clutter that I've accumulated for creating models that I doubt I'll ever make.

So, sometime soon (before xmas I hope!), I'll be giving away the diecast vehicles I've accumulated (as I promised in this post: ebbles-card-vehicles ) and I suspect they will be joined by some other gaming stuff.

Stay tuned for details.